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I finally got a quattro (well, sort of...) - Part 1
For a long time, I've been lusting for an Audi quattro. The years I spent
being showered by rocks thrown up by Mr. Buffum. The ride I got with Bruno
Kriebach. The 'Batmobile' on the Olympus rally (actually, that one looked so
bad I started doubting.) Hans Stuck throwing his Trans-Am car abound with
wild abandon, then yodeling when he won. And on, and on, and on...
Well, last week I bought a VW Quantum Syncro Wagon. OK, I know it's not
really an Audi, but that's splitting hairs. It's got a 5 cylinder engine and
all wheel drive, and that't good enough for me! I like to think of it as my
Audi in Wolfs(berg) clothing!
The first thing I did was throw away the rotted-out exhaust system and put in
a 2 1/4" straight pipe with a Dynomax Turbo muffler. Ah, what sweet music!!
My first tank of gas went quickly as I drove all over town going through the
gears just to hear it. I haven't done anything like that since I was a
teenager. Of course, there are a lot of things I haven't done since I was a
teenager, but that's another story.
Continued...